"Greedy Fly" is a song by

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band Bush, released on 28 January 1997 as the second single from their second studio album, ''

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'' (1996).

Music video

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in December 1996 in Los Angeles. The video was shot in the same building '' Se7en'' was shot in and cost nearly half a million pounds.

Commercial performance

"Greedy Fly" was released as the second single from the album, after "

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". The song became a hit, possibly due to its well-known music video, which clocks in at over 7 minutes (although the song itself is only 4:29 long). The song reached the top 5 on both the US

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chart and

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. The song is also the band's second biggest hit in their native Britain where it peaked at #22 (behind "Swallowed" which peaked at #7).

Track listing

:''All songs written by

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Appearances in the media

- Featured on ''Cold Case (TV series), Cold Case'' in the episode "Spiders".

Chart performance

References

External links

* 1996 songs 1997 singles Bush (British band) songs Song recordings produced by Steve Albini Songs written by Gavin Rossdale Grunge songs Music videos directed by Marcus Nispel Interscope Records singles Trauma Records singles {{1990s-rock-song-stub